When does the dispensation for travel begin
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The questioner:
A child asks the Shaykh: When does the dispensation for travel begin? Is it when he leaves his town, or when he travels the distance of approximately eight kilometers?
The Shaykh:
The rulings of travel begin when the traveler leaves the town, specifically the inhabited part of the town. Once the traveler leaves the inhabited part of the town, travel begins, and it becomes permissible for him to break his fast and to shorten the prayer. Leaving the inhabited part of the town is what triggers this. As long as he remains in the town, he does not have the status of a traveler. Even if he walks from his home, for example, as a traveler to Makkah, the rulings of travel do not begin until he leaves the buildings of Riyadh, departs from all the buildings, and leaves them behind his back. At that point, the rulings of travel begin. However, as long as he is moving through the streets of Riyadh, leaving his home, he still has the ruling of a resident. Yes.
Another questioner:
If he sees it from a distance, try to be far away.
The Shaykh:
Once the stones of the town’s wall are no longer visible, or when the stones of the town’s wall appear to him, the dispensations begin because he is then called a traveler. Yes.
A child asks the Shaykh: When does the dispensation for travel begin? Is it when he leaves his town, or when he travels the distance of approximately eight kilometers?
The Shaykh:
The rulings of travel begin when the traveler leaves the town, specifically the inhabited part of the town. Once the traveler leaves the inhabited part of the town, travel begins, and it becomes permissible for him to break his fast and to shorten the prayer. Leaving the inhabited part of the town is what triggers this. As long as he remains in the town, he does not have the status of a traveler. Even if he walks from his home, for example, as a traveler to Makkah, the rulings of travel do not begin until he leaves the buildings of Riyadh, departs from all the buildings, and leaves them behind his back. At that point, the rulings of travel begin. However, as long as he is moving through the streets of Riyadh, leaving his home, he still has the ruling of a resident. Yes.
Another questioner:
If he sees it from a distance, try to be far away.
The Shaykh:
Once the stones of the town’s wall are no longer visible, or when the stones of the town’s wall appear to him, the dispensations begin because he is then called a traveler. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب المسح على الخفين — islamhouse.com (42:42)
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